| Sep.1938 |
Founded as "Fujikura Kagaku Mfg. Co., Ltd." independently from "Fujikura Mfg. Co., Ltd. (present The Fujikura Rubber Works, Ltd.)" mainly manufacturing coatings for airplaine. |
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| Sep.1957 |
Put on the market electroconductives "DOTITE" developed by the joint research with the Electrical Communication Laboratory of Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. |
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| Dec.1958 |
Changed name to "Fujikura Kasei Co., Ltd". |
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| Aug.1962 |
Listed stocks on 2nd Dept. of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| Jan.1971 |
Built and started manufacturing at Sano Plant. |
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| Feb.1972 |
Introduced technology on coatings for plastics from "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc." U.S.A. |
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| May.1973 |
Introduced technology on waterbased elastic paint from Plastalloy Inc. |
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| Jun.1981 |
Granted license on coatings for sputtering Farkas Engineering, France. |
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| Nov.1981 |
Organized Laboratory of Coating technology at Sano Plant. |
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| Jan.1984 |
Granted license on technology on coatings for plastics to Korea Chemical Co., Ltd. |
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| July.1985 |
Founded a joint venture "Polytribo Inc." with Rohm and Haas Company in Philadelphia. |
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| Apr.1987 |
Introduced suede like finish coating technology from "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc." |
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| Nov.1987 |
Introduced soft feeling paint technology from Karl Worwag, Lack-und Farbenfabrik. |
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| Jun.1995 |
Built second Sano plant to scale up production of conductive materials. |
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| July.1995 |
Opened Singapore liaison office. |
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| May.1996 |
Established "Fujikura Kasei (Singapore) Pte Ltd." in Singapore. |
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| Jun.1996 |
Erected Washimiya R & D Center. |
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| Jun.1997 |
Opened Bangkok liaison office. |
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| Feb.1999 |
Accorded ISO-9001 certification. |
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| Apr.2000 |
Entered into Core Agreement with "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc." in the U.S. and "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." in the U.K. to form three-way global alliance in the field of coatings for plastics technology and market. |
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| Nov.2000 |
Built and atarted manufacturing at Sano new Plant. |
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| Nov.2000 |
Accorded ISO-14001 certification. |
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| Mar.2001 |
Listed stocks on 1st Dept. of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| Apr.2002 |
Established "Fujikura Kasei (Thailand) Co., Ltd." in Bangkok. |
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| Oct.2002 |
Opend Shanghai liaison office. |
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| July.2004 |
Established "Fujikura Kasei Coating (Tianjin) Co., Ltd." in China. |
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| Dec.2004 |
Accorded OHSAS-18001 certification. |
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| July.2005 |
Established "Fujikura Kasei (Foshan) Coating Co., Ltd." in China. |
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| Feb.2007 |
Built color matching center at Fujikura (Thailand). |
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| Feb.2007 |
Built polymer plant at No.3 Sano Plant. |
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| Mar.2007 |
Built waterborn coatings plant at Nagoya Branch. |
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| May.2008 |
Aquisition of "Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co.,Inc." |
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| Apr.2009 |
Acquisition of Medical materials business unit. Established Tsukuba Bio R&D Center. |
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| Nov.2009 |
Established SHANGHAI "FUJIKURA KASEI COATING CO.,LTD." in China. |
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| Oct.2010 |
Acquisition of "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." in the U.K. The company name of "Sonneborn & Rieck Ltd." was changed to "Fujichem Sonneborn Ltd." in Nov. 2010. |
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| Nov.2010 |
Established "Fujikura Kasei Coating India Private Ltd." in India. |
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| Oct.2011 |
Closed "Fujikura Kasei (Singapore) Pte Ltd." |
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